Peter Brown
(1878-1923)
Elizabeth Loeding
(1889-1946)
Walter James Brown
(1919-1979)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Vivian Eileen Hamernik

Walter James Brown 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 2 July 1919, Winona, MN 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Vivian Eileen Hamernik on 23 July 1944 in Winona, MN
  • Died: 21 March 1979, Winona, MN at age 59 3 4
  • Buried: After 21 March 1979, Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, MN 4 5
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Walter Brown
Given Name: Walter
Surname: Brown
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Mar 1979
Event Place: Winona, Minnesota
Event Place (Original): Winona, Minnesota
Age: 60
Birth Date: 02 Jul 1919

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYYQ-R3T : 4 December 2020), Walter Brown, Mar 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Military: USMC, Sergeant, WWII. 6

• He was buried after 21 March 1979 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Winona, MN.

Find A Grave Memorial #108815534
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Walter married Vivian Eileen Hamernik, daughter of Joseph Clarence Hamernik and Anna Elizabeth Drugan, on 23 July 1944 in Winona, MN. (Vivian Eileen Hamernik was born on 12 October 1921 in Winona, MN,7 8 9 10 died on 16 March 1980 in Winona, MN 10 11 12 and was buried on 18 March 1980 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, MN 10.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:


Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hamernik, 611 Huff Street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Vivian, to Private Second Class Walter J. Brown, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, 315 West Belleview Street. Private Brown is stationed with the Marines in the southwest Pacific. No date has been chosen for the wedding.


(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 15 Jan 1944, page 5)
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Sources


1 Drugan Family Records; A collection of family history papers and research originally done by John Drugan during the 1960s and 1970s of the Drugan family in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin and Winona, Minnesota. Supplemental and updated information provided by William Drugan with more recent additions by Robert Westphal, Jr.

2 "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680827 : accessed 4 Nov 2014), Name: Walter James Brown; Birth Date: 02 Jul 1919; Birthplace: Winona Co., Minn.

3 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 31 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYYQ-R3T : 4 December 2020), Walter Brown, Mar 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 4 Nov 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108815534.

5 Drugan Family Records.

6 Robert Westphal Jr., "Westphal Family History," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=westphal : accessed 27 Apr 2013).

7 "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680827 : accessed 4 Nov 2014), Vivian Eileen Hamernick, 1921.

8 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 85-29, sheet 7B, family 170, Joseph C. Hamernik and Anna Elizabeth Drugan; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Nov 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1135.

9 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 85-36, sheet 3B, household 50, Joseph C. Hamernik and Anna Elizabeth Drugan; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Apr 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1969.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 4 Nov 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108815601.

11 "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937234 : accessed 4 Nov 2014), Name: Vivian E. Brown; Event Date: 16 Mar 1980; Event Place: Winona, Minnesota.

12 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 31 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1GZ-Z25 : 4 December 2020), Vivian Brown, Mar 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).


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